Universal Credit Co. v. Antonsen

This is an appeal by the defendant, Antonsen, from an order finding him guilty of contempt of court for failure to turn over certain automobiles described in a writ of replevin valued at $6,500, and ordering him committed to the county jail until he complied with the order of the court.

February 8, 1938, plaintiff filed its statement of claim in replevin in the municipal court of Chicago to recover 14 automobiles from defendant; the return on this writ shows it was served on defendant but unexecuted as to any of the property sought to be recovered ; thereafter the appearance by counsel of…